maxwell macmillan ny (16 results)

Condition: good. This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Library Binding. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dave Saunders (illustrator). First American Edition. Color illustration on cover and dj. Dj in mylar wrap. Int. good. Color and black and white illustrations. Usual library markings and flaws.

Condition: good. Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include From the library of labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media. Any access codes or passwords originally included with the book may be expired, used or no longer valid. Image is stock photo and cover art edition may be different than pictured.

large grey & blue ½ cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. very fine cond. mint cond. brand new ( I had to remove the shrink wrap to catalogue it). binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. mint cond. not worn or torn or price clipped ( no price) . nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first american edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). b&w frontis. xx+649p. approximately 200 b&w illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. deckled fordedge (looks "hand cut"). world history. european history. art history. history of science. ~ On this extraordinarily rich and engaging book, John Hale has painted, on a grand canvas, what he calls "an investigative impression" of one of the highest points of European civilization: the flourishing, between 1450 and 1620, of the period we have come to call the Renaissance. It was an age that, wrote Marsilio Ficino in 1492, "has like a golden age restored to light the liberal arts which were almost extinct: grammar, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, music." The book contains memorable descriptions of all of these. But Hale is not concerned simply with the arts: his interest is much wider. "[This] was the first age in which the words 'Europe' and 'European' acquired a widely understood significance. It saw the emergence of a new and pervasive attitude to what were considered the most valued aspects of civilized life. It witnessed the most concentrated wave of intellectual and cultural energy that had yet passed over the continent. . . . It was also a period in which there were such dramatic changes of fortune for better of worse~religious, political, economic and, through overseas discoveries, globa lthat more people than ever before saw their time as unique, referring to 'this new age,' 'the present age,' 'our age'; to one observer it was a 'blessed age,' to another, 'the worst age in history.'" Hale paints his picture with an astonishing multiplicity of themes, people, and ideas. How did Europeans see themselves and others? What united them and separated them, both geographically and within their communities? What languages did they speak and write, and how widely? How did they fix themselves in time and space? What did they call civilized? What did they buy and sell? How did they dress and eat? What did they think about and how did they communicate their thoughts? One of the strengths of this book, which moves far beyond conventional or social history, is that it resists the temptation to answer any of these questions simply or glibly, or to impose unifying characteristics on the period or the continent. Instead, Hale allows people to speak for themselves, bringing the age to life with wonderful freshness, immediacy, and diversity. His canvas is not covered with broad brushstrokes, but with pointillist details and individual voices; there is something pleasing and unexpected in every corner. The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance is the most ambitious achievement of one of the world's leading Renaissance historians and is itself a landmark in the humanist tradition whose origins it describes. And at a time when the meanings of "Europe" and "European" culture are being questioned and debated, it is also a book that shows us where we can find the roots of both of them, and how much the present and future can be illuminated by the past.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . . . . Advance Reading Copy. 8vo, paperback, plain white wrappers. Vg- condition. Exterior mildly smudged, rear cover crinkled; contents bright & clean, binding tight. xii, 708 p.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Edition Unstated. All pages clean. Never used. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books for Writers; ISBN: 0023084111. ISBN/EAN: 9780023084119. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560724497.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. Some shelf and corner wear. Small cut in dust jacket and is beginning to crease. Text appears clean. Binding is tight and solid in very good condition. Looks Nice. Size: 25 cm. 306 pp. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin, 1842-1890; ISBN: 0689120680. ISBN/EAN: 9780689120688. Dewey Code: 778.5/3/092 B 20. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561006958.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hanson, Peter E. (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum - Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. First edition [1992]. Fine in very good dustjacket. Enchanting story about a young girl whose neighbor feeds a city-dwelling fox. Light blue boards with tan cloth spine, unpaginated (32 pages), printed dustjacket. The book looks and feels new, with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has just a light bit of shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

VG, clean HB; no DJ. xx + 658 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First Edition stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Third Edition; Second Printing. 817 pages; light foxing on the top exterior edge of textblock. Minor shelf wear on cover edges. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Stated 1st edition; small 4to., cloth backed boards ; illustrated by Edward Leiner; very good in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Drawings (Chapter 5) (illustrator). First ( No Additional printings). Original grey paper boards backed in black cloth. Backing has leached inside DJ. A communication tool for English and Spanish speakers, with variations on dialects from various countries. No writing. 207 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Oblong. Book.

dark blue & black 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. looks new. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xiv+317p. + author bio note. 60 b&w figures. glossary. further reading. references. acknowledgments. illustration credits. index. science. biology. neurology. theology. psychology. philosophy. ~One of the most brilliant scientific minds of our century asks, "What is consciousness?" "Francis Crick has a talent for asking the right question and giving an astonishing answer. Out of all of the molecules in a cell, which ones are the source of all life? His answer revolutionized biology. Out of all the cells in the brain, which ones are the source of our soul? His search is a scientific mystery story of the first order, as high drama as the search for DNA. The Astonishing Hypothesis is a remarkable book by a remarkable scientist whose clarity of thought and playful spirit shine through on every page." ~Terrence J. Sejnowski professor of biology and neuroscience University of California, San Diego. / Forty years ago, Francis Crick, along with James Watson, made history with the diseovery of the strueture of DNA, forever ehanging our understanding of life itself. Now Criek is onee again at the frontier of scientific diseovery, tuming his attention to the mysteries of human consciousness. Bent on deciphering the complexities of the brain, Crick maps out the neurobiology of vision. The result is a cogent, witty, and riehly detailed analysis of how the brain "sees," and a daring exploration of some of the most fundamental questions of human existence: Do we have free will? What exactly is it that makes us sentient beings and different from other animals? Is there such a thing as a soul, or are we nothing more than an immensely complex collection of neurons? In this groundbreaking, provocative work, Francis Crick challenges the very foundations of current scientific, philosophical, and religious thought. Francis Crick is the British physicist and bioehemist who collaborated with James D. Watson in the diseovery of the molecular structure of DNA, for which they received the Nobel Prize in 1962.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Mary Kittila (illustrator). LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.